Greatest Minds Lecture
'THE SCIENCE DELUSION'
by Professor Lord Robert Winston

Professor Lord Robert Winston, who pioneered IVF and has made science more accessible through his TV programmes (including ‘Child of Our Time’, ‘Your Life in Their Hands’, ‘Making Babies’, ‘The Human Body’, ‘Secret Life of Twins’, and, most recently, the Emmy nominated ‘Human Instinct’), gave a lecture in the University of Dundee’s Greatest Minds series yesterday (25th April, 2007).

Professor Lord Winston is one of the most exciting and controversial scientists working today and his talks attract world wide attention and debate. He has devoted his life to the development of techniques for helping people who are having trouble conceiving and he founded the first NHS IVF Programme. His research has enabled families with a history of a particular genetic disease to have children free of fatal illnesses and his improvements in fertility medicine have subsequently been adopted world-wide.

His lecture, The Science Delusion looks at the nature of human uncertainty and argues that: "It is as equally ‘deluded’ to believe that Science has all the answers as it is to profess a belief in God. Both are critically important in the history of humanity and both religion and science have important and valuable contributions to make about the nature of the world around us."

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